"spitter" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: spitters [plural]
Etymology: From spit (“rod; skewer”) + -er. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|spit|er|t1=rod; skewer}} spit (“rod; skewer”) + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} spitter (plural spitters)
  1. One who puts meat on a spit.
    Sense id: en-spitter-en-noun-UmM6CldB Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -er Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 51 49
  2. A young deer whose antlers are beginning to shoot or become sharp.
    Sense id: en-spitter-en-noun-MQmRyxY- Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -er Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 51 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: spittard
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: spitters [plural]
Etymology: From spit (verb) + -er. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|spit|er|id2=agent noun|pos1=verb}} spit (verb) + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} spitter (plural spitters)
  1. Someone who spits.
    Sense id: en-spitter-en-noun-en:someone_who_spits
  2. Someone who spits.
    (vulgar) Someone who spits out semen during oral sex.
    Tags: vulgar
    Sense id: en-spitter-en-noun-en:someone_who_spits1
  3. (baseball) Synonym of spitball. Categories (topical): Baseball Synonyms: spitball [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-spitter-en-noun-en:spitball Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  4. (herpetology, slang) Synonym of spitting cobra. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Herpetology Categories (lifeform): Cervids Synonyms: spitting cobra [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-spitter-en-noun-en:spitting_cobra Disambiguation of Cervids: 9 9 2 22 8 42 8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 8 2 23 12 40 8 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 7 7 3 19 10 47 7 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 6 6 3 16 7 57 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 9 8 2 24 10 39 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 8 2 24 8 40 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 8 8 5 20 11 40 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 7 8 4 20 10 43 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 7 8 4 20 10 43 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 10 8 7 21 10 37 7 Topics: biology, herpetology, natural-sciences, zoology
  5. An improvised and portable spittoon, typically a beverage bottle repurposed.
    Sense id: en-spitter-en-noun-en:improvised_and_portable_spittoon
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: spitters are quitters [vulgar] Translations (one that spits): sylkijä (Finnish), spūtātor [masculine] (Latin), плева́льщик (pleválʹščik) [masculine] (Russian), плева́льщица (pleválʹščica) [feminine] (Russian), pljùvāč [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), pljuvàčica [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian)
Etymology number: 2 Disambiguation of 'one that spits': 39 39 8 12 3

Inflected forms

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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "one that spits",
      "word": "sylkijä"
    },
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      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "one that spits",
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        "masculine"
      ],
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      "roman": "pleválʹščik",
      "sense": "one that spits",
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      ],
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    },
    {
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      "roman": "pleválʹščica",
      "sense": "one that spits",
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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "плева́льщица"
    },
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      "sense": "one that spits",
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      ],
      "word": "pljùvāč"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "one that spits",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "pljuvàčica"
    }
  ],
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}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-10-02 using wiktextract (fbeafe8 and 7f03c9b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.